What to See This Weekend at Sight Unseen OFFSITE

Sight Unseen OFFSITE kicked off this Friday morning and is, as always, bold and full of fresh energy from young emerging designers. Presenting works from Sight Unseen mainstays along with a number of compelling newcomers, this designer fair for the hip and eccentric is sure to excite.

Here are just a few highlights from this morning's press presentation:

Bathing in Sound

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When entering the OFFSITE space, you are immediately thrown into the Twilight Zone with this installation by architecture studio Leong Leong in partnership with ARUP for Ford. The project, a "sound bath" made of thousands of foam rollers and mirrors, picksup surrounding sounds to create a contorted ambient soundscape and an illusory space meant to feel boundless.

Shelves in Any Size

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These ultra-cool shelves by Los Angeles based Norma Studio are a simple modular collection of red oak panels and dowels—the shelves are endlessly customizable so you can arrange them in multiple configurations and all the pieces connect using a simple threading system.

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The Beauty of Laminate

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Designer Brooke Intrachat of LA-based Ouli design studio created a series of furniture pieces for OFFSITE using Arborite laminate—the collaboration between the small studio and the material manufacturer demonstrates the subdued beauty and versatility of the material, and is elegantly paired through the collection with exotic woods and powder-coated steel for dynamic effect.

Inspired by Type

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These exploratory furniture works by New York based designer Brendan Timmins are inspired by linguistic typology forms.

Psychedelic Ceramic

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Trippy works in wood and ceramic by Pat Kim and Julianne Ahn of Object & Totem.

Shakers in the Modern Age

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The pieces created for "Furnishing Utopia", a series of Shaker-inspired furniture and objects by 11 modern design studios, will also be on display throughout the weekend in the OFFSITE space.

Sight Unseen OFFSITE is now open to the public through Monday, May 16th on the 15th Floor of The GRACE Building in Manhattan.

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